Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Prober and probe card cleaning method
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Application No.: US17001998Application Date: 2020-08-25
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Publication No.: US11215640B2Publication Date: 2022-01-04
- Inventor: Jun Fujihara
- Applicant: Tokyo Electron Limited
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
- Current Assignee: Tokyo Electron Limited
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Nath, Goldberg & Meyer
- Agent Jerald L. Meyer; Tanya E. Harkins
- Priority: JPJP2019-156110 20190828
- Main IPC: G01R31/28
- IPC: G01R31/28 ; G01R1/073

Abstract:
There is provided a prober provided with a plurality of inspection chambers. Each inspection chambers includes: a probe card having a plurality of probes; a probe card holder configured to hold the probe card; a chuck top configured to place a cleaning wafer thereon; an aligner configured to drive the chuck top in a vertical direction when the probe card is cleaned using the cleaning wafer; a seal mechanism configured to allow a sealed space to be provided between the probe card holder and the chuck top; a pressure sensor configured to detect an internal pressure of the sealed space, which fluctuates with an operation of the chuck top driven by the aligner; and an electro-pneumatic regulator configured to control the internal pressure of the sealed space by performing an intake or exhaust operation with respect to the sealed space based on the internal pressure detected by the pressure sensor.
Public/Granted literature
- US20210063443A1 PROBER AND PROBE CARD CLEANING METHOD Public/Granted day:2021-03-04
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